diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/StarlarkSemanticsOptions.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/StarlarkSemanticsOptions.java
index 6db9d86bc1ebf4..ba7ecc585af721 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/StarlarkSemanticsOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/StarlarkSemanticsOptions.java
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ public class StarlarkSemanticsOptions extends OptionsBase implements Serializabl
 
   @Option(
       name = "incompatible_do_not_split_linking_cmdline",
-      defaultValue = "false",
+      defaultValue = "true",
       documentationCategory = OptionDocumentationCategory.BUILD_TIME_OPTIMIZATION,
       effectTags = {OptionEffectTag.LOADING_AND_ANALYSIS},
       metadataTags = {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/syntax/StarlarkSemantics.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/syntax/StarlarkSemantics.java
index 0f7d4de6d6450d..7a879d7db72e77 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/syntax/StarlarkSemantics.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/syntax/StarlarkSemantics.java
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ public static Builder builderWithDefaults() {
           .incompatibleStaticNameResolutionInBuildFiles(true)
           .incompatibleStringJoinRequiresStrings(true)
           .internalSkylarkFlagTestCanary(false)
-          .incompatibleDoNotSplitLinkingCmdline(false)
+          .incompatibleDoNotSplitLinkingCmdline(true)
           .incompatibleDepsetForLibrariesToLinkGetter(false)
           .build();
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CppLinkActionTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CppLinkActionTest.java
index 96bbee722a6c29..74a854d979fa1e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CppLinkActionTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CppLinkActionTest.java
@@ -1171,40 +1171,4 @@ public void testSplitExecutableLinkCommandDynamicWithNoSplitting() throws Except
             "--sysroot=/usr/grte/v1")
         .inOrder();
   }
-
-  @Test
-  @Deprecated
-  // TODO(b/113358321): Remove once #7670 is finished.
-  public void testSplitExecutableLinkCommandDynamicWithSplitting() throws Exception {
-    RuleContext ruleContext = createDummyRuleContext();
-
-    FeatureConfiguration featureConfiguration = getMockFeatureConfiguration();
-
-    CppLinkAction linkAction =
-        createLinkBuilder(
-                ruleContext,
-                LinkTargetType.DYNAMIC_LIBRARY,
-                "dummyRuleContext/out.so",
-                ImmutableList.of(),
-                ImmutableList.of(),
-                featureConfiguration)
-            .setLibraryIdentifier("library")
-            .build();
-    Pair<List<String>, List<String>> result = linkAction.getLinkCommandLine().splitCommandline();
-
-    assertThat(
-            result.first.stream()
-                .map(x -> removeOutDirectory(x))
-                .collect(ImmutableList.toImmutableList()))
-        .containsExactly(
-            "crosstool/gcc_tool",
-            "-shared",
-            "-o",
-            "/k8-fastbuild/bin/dummyRuleContext/out.so",
-            "-Wl,-S",
-            "--sysroot=/usr/grte/v1",
-            "@/k8-fastbuild/bin/dummyRuleContext/out.so-2.params")
-        .inOrder();
-    assertThat(result.second).isEmpty();
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/py/bazel/bazel_windows_cpp_test.py b/src/test/py/bazel/bazel_windows_cpp_test.py
index a7a97de1f7f9f0..b3b97b0be415f9 100644
--- a/src/test/py/bazel/bazel_windows_cpp_test.py
+++ b/src/test/py/bazel/bazel_windows_cpp_test.py
@@ -485,7 +485,9 @@ def testWinDefFileAttribute(self):
     # Test specifying DEF file in cc_binary
     exit_code, _, stderr = self.RunBazel(['build', '//:lib_dy.dll', '-s'])
     self.AssertExitCode(exit_code, 0, stderr)
-    self.assertIn('/DEF:my_lib.def', ''.join(stderr))
+    filepath = bazel_bin + '/lib_dy.dll-2.params'
+    with open(filepath, 'r', encoding='latin-1') as param_file:
+      self.assertIn('/DEF:my_lib.def', param_file.read())
 
   def testCcImportRule(self):
     self.ScratchFile('WORKSPACE')